Emily Feldman at the AALL Washington Blawg:

Talks between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and stakeholders on net neutrality fell apart…amidst reports that Google and Verizon had made a private deal over the management of Internet traffic.

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Adam Green at Huffington Post:

“[Google] cut a deal with the bad guys. And they’re now asking the public to accept two Internet experiences — a great experience for the old Internet that will soon cease to exist, and an experience filled with discrimination and lack of a level playing field for the entire future of the Internet.”

Joel Kelsey at Free Press:

“Google and Verizon can try all they want to disguise this deal as a reasonable path forward, but the simple fact is this framework, if embraced by Congress and the Federal Communications Commission, would transform the free and open Internet into a closed platform like cable television. This is much worse than a business arrangement between two companies. It’s a signed-sealed-and-delivered policy framework with giant loopholes that blesses the carving up of the Internet for a few deep-pocketed Internet companies and carriers.”